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Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Rose Abraham on July 14, 1967, who was shot while police were “attempting to clear this area of looters.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Deposition of 30-year-old Rose Wright before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes watching Rufus Council get shot in the head by State Troopers while standing in the doorway of Roz’s Steak House on South Orange Avenue on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Transcript of Washington Post article on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Robert Lee Martin on July 14, 1967. According to witness Herbert Price, “he was hit in the forehead. They wasn’t firing over our heads.” — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Robert Lee Martin on July 14, 1967, who “died of a fractured skull” after being shot by Newark Police while walking down Mercer Street. The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Deposition of 33-year-old Ella Blount before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes the shooting of her neighbor, Rose Abraham, by Newark policemen on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Rebecca Brown on July 15, 1967, who was shot through the window of her Bergen Street apartment. The report states that she was an “innocent victim” of shooting by State Police and National Guardsmen responding to reports of sniper fire in the area. The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Richard Taliaferro on July 14, 1967, who was “shot in the back by a police officer while fleeing from a burglarized liquor store.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Deposition of Ozel Brown before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which he describes State Troopers and National Guardsmen firing at 298 Bergen Street, and learning of the fatal shooting of his wife, Rebecca Brown on July 15, 1967. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers